Glossary of the food sector

Feed additive

Feed additive as defined in Article 2(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

—Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/848, Art. 3(62)

Feed business operator

The natural or legal person responsible for ensuring compliance with the requirements of food law within the feed business under their control.

—Source: Reg. (EC) 178/2002, Art. 3(6)

Feed industry company

Any public or private entity, whether profit-making or not, that carries out any production, manufacturing, processing, storage, transport, or distribution of feed, including any producer who produces, processes, or stores feed to be fed to animals on his own agricultural land.

— Source: Reg. (EC) 178/2002, Art. 3(5)

Feed legislation

Legislative, regulatory, and administrative provisions governing feed in general and feed safety in particular, at Union or national level, at all stages of production, processing, distribution, or use of feed.

—Source: Regulation (EU) 2017/625, Art. 3(2)

Fence

Space that includes a section equipped with devices to protect animals from adverse weather conditions.

— Source: Reg. (EU) 2018/848, Art. 3(75)

Fertilizer product

A substance, mixture, microorganism, or any other material applied or intended to be applied to plants or their rhizosphere, or to fungi or their mycosphere, or intended to constitute the rhizosphere or mycosphere, alone or in combination with another material, for the purpose of providing nutrients to plants or fungi or improving their nutritional efficiency.

— Source: Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, art. 2, point 1

Fibers

Carbohydrate polymers composed of three or more monomer units that are neither digested nor absorbed in the human small intestine and belong to one of the following categories:

-- Edible carbohydrate polymers naturally present in consumed foods;

-- Edible carbohydrate polymers obtained from food raw materials by physical, enzymatic, or chemical processes and which have a beneficial physiological effect demonstrated by generally accepted scientific data;

-- Edible synthetic carbohydrate polymers which have a beneficial physiological effect demonstrated by generally accepted scientific data.

— Source: Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, Annex I, point 12

Field of view

All surfaces of a package that can be read from a single viewing angle.

—Source: Reg. (EU) 1169/2011, Art. 2(2)(k)

Final consumer

The final consumer of a food product who does not use that product in the context of a food business operation or activity.

— Source: Regulation (EC) 178/2002, Art. 3(18)

Finishing

The preservation of live bivalve molluscs from Class A production areas, purification centers, or dispatch centers in ponds or any other facility containing clean seawater or in natural basins for the purpose of removing sand, mud, or mucus, preserving or improving their organoleptic qualities, and ensuring good viability prior to wrapping or packaging.

— Source: Regulation (EC) 853/2004, Annex I

First phase of marketing

The first transaction in the production and distribution chain following which a product is made available to third parties.

—Source: Reg. (EC) 1830/2003, Art. 3(11)

Fishery products

All marine or freshwater animals (except live bivalve molluscs, live echinoderms, live tunicates, and live marine gastropods, and all mammals, reptiles, and frogs), whether wild or farmed, and all edible forms, parts, and derivatives of such animals.

— Source: Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, Annex I, point 3.1

Flavoring substance

A defined chemical substance with flavoring properties.

—Source: Regulation (EC) 1334/2008, Art. 3(2)(b)

Flavors

Products:

i) not intended to be consumed in their original form, which are added to foods to impart or modify a flavor and/or taste;

ii) manufactured with or containing the following categories of substances: flavoring substances, flavoring preparations, heat-processed flavorings, smoke flavorings, flavor precursors, or other flavorings or flavor mixtures.

— Source: Regulation (EC) 1334/2008, Art. 3(2)(a)

Food

(Synonyms: "foodstuff" or "foodstuff") Any substance or product, whether processed, partially processed, or unprocessed, intended to be ingested, or reasonably expected to be ingested, by humans.

This includes beverages, chewing gum, and any substance, including water, intentionally incorporated into food during its production, preparation, or treatment. This includes water at the points where the values ​​must be respected as set out in Article 6 of Directive 98/83/EC and without prejudice to the requirements of Directives 80/778/EEC and 98/83/EC.

This does not include:

a) feed;

b) live animals, unless prepared for placing on the market for human consumption;

c) plants before harvest;

d) medicinal products within the meaning of Council Directives 65/65/EEC and 92/73/EEC;

(e) cosmetics within the meaning of Council Directive 76/768/EEC;

(f) tobacco and tobacco products within the meaning of Council Directive 89/622/EEC;

(g) narcotic or psychotropic substances within the meaning of the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and the 1971 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances;

(h) residues and contaminants;

(i) medical devices within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

—Source: Regulation (EC) 178/2002, Art. 2